Coronavirus particles from another runner 'could infect you from six feet away'

Going out for a run during the coronavirus lockdown comes with its own risks (Image: PA)

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"If we see a whale or dolphin blow through their blowhole, we can see the water and jump out of way if we have to," Marc Horner, the principal engineer for healthcare at Ansys, told DailyMail.com

"But if someone sneezes or coughs, it happens so quickly and the droplets are so small, [the simulation gets] that mental image in your mind of how far away you need to stand so gravity has time to pull the droplets down."

Government guidance on social distancing states you should stay six feet from other people at all times.

When an infected person coughs or sneezes, droplets typically travel no more than six feet before gravity pulls them to the ground.

It may be better to run directly next to someone else than behind them (Image: Ansys)